Description

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This guide features information and guidelines and summarizes the pathophysiological mechanisms, epidemiology, clinical presentations, and management of the six principal categories of adult and pediatric sleep disorders: insomnia, hypersomnia, sleep-disordered breathing, circadian disorders, parasomnias, and sleep-related movement disorders.

About the Author

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Emmanuel H. During, M.D., is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry-Division of Sleep Medicine and the Department of Neurology at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Parasomnia Clinic in Redwood City, CaliforniaClete A. Kushida, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, Division Chief and Medical Director of Stanford Sleep Medicine, and Director of the Stanford Center for Human Sleep Research in Redwood City, California. He is founding President of the World Sleep Society, past President of the World Sleep Federation, past President of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and founding President of the California Sleep Society.